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English
Etymology
From rock + cress.
Noun
rockcress (countable and uncountable, plural rockcresses)
- Any of several similar genera of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae: in genera Arabis, with primarily Old World species; Arabidopsis (syn. Cardaminopsis), with primarily Old World species; and Boechera and Braya, with primarily North American species.
Derived terms
Translations
plant of the genus Arabis
plant of the genus Arabidopsis
plant of the genus Boechera
plant of the genus Cardaminopsis